LO 2.1Explain how the income statement of a manufacturing company differs from the income statement of a merchandising company.

Revenue: The revenue of Manufacturing company comes from the sale of the products that they manufacture. However the merchandising company purchases goods from manufacturing companies and distribute them to make it easier for the customer to access the product and earn a profit on it which increases the cost of the product to end consumer. The contract between the manufacturing and merchandising company can be an agreement of principal and agent. In this case, the revenue for the merchandising company would be commission earned from manufacturing company. This commission paid to merchandising company will be cost to manufacturing company.

Cost of Sale: Now the raw material costs plus depreciation of production machinery plus direct labour plus variable Overhead cost plus if their is any commission paid for sale of finished goods will be the cost of sale for manufacturing company. Whereas in the case of Merchandising company, the cost of sale will be only the cost of goods they sold in the year. The depreciation charge will be minor in merchandising company as they don't have any production machineries.

These the are major difference between manufacturing and merchandising company.